Is native advertising the future of marketing?
One of the buzzwords this year is undoubtedly native advertising. It's not a new idea, in fact this topic has been talked about for a long time. According to the BI Intelligencesurvey, the increase from $4.7 billion in 2013 to $21 billion in 2018 speaks volumes about the power of native advertising. Most of those who directly or indirectly deal with marketing and sales are familiar with this term. At least half of that same majority is convinced they know exactly what they are doing. A brief look at the most media in the country speaks to the contrary.
Scandalous clickbait headlines are no longer an exception, but the rule. They are closely followed by texts and videos where native advertising is reduced to unsuccessful attempts of product placement with quite a lack of subtlety. Such obvious attempts at scamming the readers and inadequate labeling of native content or concealed advertising is punishable, unethical, and can seriously harm the brand.
The first item on the list is to define the goal of the ad or a campaign. Is the goal to sell a product, alert consumers to the new product, change the existing product perception, or simply cause any reaction and publicity? With this information, it will be much easier to create quality content that is in line with the goal of your campaign.
Properly crafted native will not stand out from the usual topics of a particular website. Of course, this part depends on both sides. The client must know clearly their target as well as their habits, interests, and even the portals they follow. It is important to explain that there is a probable possibility that regardless of the fact that a certain portal has a certain number of views per day, this is not the place where you need to place your product.
For example, the portals followed by millennials will have excellent statistics, enviable engagement on social networks, and loyal audiences behind the screen, but even perfectly formulated native articles will not persuade them to buy, for example, diapers.
The same goes for the other side, in this case journalists, agencies, influencers and the like. Accepting all offered collaborations, accumulating sponsored posts and texts will result in a loss of credibility with the audience, which will ultimately have a negative impact on their relationship with the audience.
One thing is for sure – the reader's trust comes first. Ultimately, you expect the final user to buy your product and share their (positive) experience with as many people as possible.
Native advertising can and should be useful, entertaining and of equal quality as other content of that site. The read text must provide added value to the user and cause a certain emotion in them.
Most of those who order ads are focused on their product, so it is up to us (you) to persuade them to give up on the usual superlatives and to tell the user a story that will reach the desired target. The best native is one that does not force a user but provides them an experience and content they really want to watch or read.
The research conducted by Contently was conducted on a relatively small sample of people, but it clearly showed a negative attitude towards this type of advertising. 62% of people believe that the site loses credibility if it publishes native, and even 48% said they feel cheated if the articles they read to the end are sponsored. That is exactly why one of the key factors in creating native content is creativity. The author of a text, video, or campaign must create a story that is interesting to the end user from the beginning to the end. The story must have a clearly defined content and aim to offer you a solution to a "problem". That solution can most often be the desired product.
Regardless of the useful and interesting content offered to them, when a user sees that this is a promo announcement, their subconscious will produce a bitter taste because it is content that is paid and which is certainly biased and therefore cannot be fully objective.
Despite this, it seems that the prejudices are being broken, and witness to this are numerous portals like BuzzFeed, Time and National Geographic that massively invest in this type of advertising.
It is important to strive to create informative and interesting content that is consumed easily and with pleasure, and accept the fact that good native is the present and the future of marketing.


When you use for the first time the Turn Off the Lights browser extension you see the simplicity. But as user you can customize the effect around your mouse pointer. Below there are few options to navigate easily to a website without losing any comfort of reading or watching a video online. Those are so Magic actions that's just a simple coding work in CSS. The feature makes it helpful to show the mouse cursor or it can do also something powerful that only superman can do this.
That is when you click on the lamp button, and it adds one black layer on top of the website page.
When you enable this option and the lights is off. It shows a spotlight around your mouse cursor, so you can click on the link of the current open page.
This the codename I give for this option, with this option you can click through the dark element so that it can open that link, without the lights go back on.
Select self an area to focus an item, example a text part or image you want to see only. Just click and hold the left click, drag and release the click.
It's more than just a simple dark layer on top of the website, Turn Off the Lights think further and make a great improvement for the users online. Turn Off the Lights experience is something you always will to use. It makes everything so more pleasant. To get started download today the extension in your favorite browser.


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Liliana Rodríguez Ochoa (Caracas; 20 de mayo de 1954), más conocida como Miriam Ochoa es una actriz, animadora y cantante venezolana.

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El inicio de su carrera artística se originó como co-animadora y compañera en escenario del presentador de televisión Amador Bendayán, en el programa de televisión de variedades y entretenimiento, Sábado Sensacional de la televisora venezolana Venevisión.

Posteriormente, Miriam Ochoa se hizo actriz y destacó en el género de las telenovelas y más tarde en el teatro. Comenzó como actriz en la exitosa telenovela de Venevisión, Rafaela, la cual le abrió camino para participar en numerosos espacios dramáticos venezolanos durante varios años.

La faceta menos conocida de su carrera es el canto. En 1981, Miriam Ochoa firmó contrato con la empresa venezolana Discos Top Hits con la cual grabó su primer disco titulado "Yo Quisiera Que No Me Quiera" el cual incluía lo que se convertiría en su mayor éxito musical "Amiga Mía". Otros temas que también llegaron a los primeros puestos de las carteleras en Venezuela fueron "Amantes" y "Yo Quiero Que No Me Quieras". A este álbum siguió, en 1982, el que sería su segundo y último disco, titulado "Amándote".  Después, dejaría la locución, para dedicarse a la actuación.

Entre muchos papeles protagónicos, Miriam Ochoa es reconocida por su papel estelar interpretando a una madrastra en la telenovela de fama internacional Las amazonas realizada 1985 por Venevisión, protagonizada por Hilda Carrero y Eduardo Serrano.

Al inicio de la década de los noventa, Miriam Ochoa se estableció en los Estados Unidos lo que la convirtió en una de las primeras actrices de primera línea de Venezuela en salir de su país para trabajar en telenovelas de producción y realización internacional. Su intervención más importante fue el papel de Olivia Mendoza de Robinson, en la telenovela estadounidense Guadalupe, producida para la cadena televisiva estadounidense en español Telemundo, con la colaboración de Televisión Española. Durante esa misma etapa, Ochoa destacó en el medio radial con el programa La Diferencia .

De vuelta a su país, interpretó en televisión el papel de Emma Marthan de Aristiguieta en la telenovela Negra consentida, una producción de la desaparecida televisora venezolana Radio Caracas Televisión.

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In a car, the suspension system will connect the wheels and the vehicle. It is responsible for how comfortable it is inside a car, how its brakes feel and how it drives on the road. Usually, the suspension of the vehicle differs by car model.
While auto mechanics understand each suspension system and how it differs from the rest, they also recognize the features that transcend type. You will often hear talk of dampers, links, springs and wishbones, and the language can be overwhelming.
This suspension has a coil spring placed above the shock-absorber unit. This design translates to a lightweight and simple-to-understand model. The MacPherson strut also has few components meaning that it takes up little space. The suspension system works best for small cars.
As the name suggests, air suspension uses air compressors controlled by springs that also have electronics with self-leveling features. This suspension system has been gaining popularity, especially with luxury and sports cars.
A car with this system absorbs bumps easily, making it comfortable even under high speed. The system is also adjustable so that it adapts to the road it is currently in.
A leaf spring suspension has a design almost as simple as the MacPherson strut. However, it has many metal strips that are curved and clamped together.
Due to the metal layering, this design is durable, and cars can withstand mountainous and rocky roads over an extended period. Additionally, the simplicity of the design allows for a smooth full-system overhaul.
If you have read car reviews, you have likely noticed they mention the suspension regularly. While it might not be easy to follow through the jargon, make a note of what they say about your car and ask your mechanic about it.
You will find that there is a lot you can do to maintain your vehicle based on a little knowledge as to its suspension type.


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You and I come from different worlds and yet we shared our days together in harmony.
I love you and have been your devoted friend. We saw and did many things together. We each were there for the other in times of joy and sadness.
We spoke in different languages but we understood one another. Your ways and mine were sometimes different but we adapted to each other.
Please know that I felt your love in each caring thing you did for me. Your touch was soothing and reassuring. We were never alone, for we had each other, even when others from each of our worlds were not around.
I have gone to a place of total peace and freedom from pain. I watch now as your tears fall and see how your heart aches for me. Parting was not a choice either of us wanted, but one day we will be together again. There are fields of flowers here we will walk together.
The pain you feel makes me sad, so please feel my spirit and take comfort in the knowledge that I watch over you always. Treasure the moments we shared together, talk to me, I will come close when you speak my name.
There are others of your world here that wait for their friends. We share our days together with great joy waiting for our loved ones to join us.
See my smile, feel my head beneath your hand. I still feel your fingers running through my hair, your touch was love.
Do not feel you are being disloyal if you take a new friend into your heart, because I know our love for each other is special and timeless.
Until our time together comes again, smile when you think of me, shed no more tears as this grieves me.


We are happy to announce that the winning story of the 2015 Fiction Contest for Emerging Writers is Joshua Idaszak's "The Last Laz of Krypton."
Congratulations also to our honorable mention: "Mrs. Lana Greer" by Chloe Packer.
All entries must be postmarked by December 31, 2016 or submitted online by midnight CT.


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FTC asks judge to hold 'pharma bro' Martin Shkreli in contempt of court for forming new drug firm
Martin Shkreli, former chief executive officer of Turing Pharmaceuticals AG, center, pauses while speak to members of the media with his attorney Benjamin Brafman, right, outside federal court in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., on Friday, Aug. 4, 2017.
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The Federal Trade Commission on Friday asked that notorious "pharma bro" Martin Shkreli be held in contempt of court for forming a new drug company in violation of a judge's ban on the convicted fraudster from working in the pharmaceuticals industry.
Shkreli, who was released from prison last year, in February was banned "for life from directly or indirectly
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Judges for #WarOfWords4 – Three wise men???
Who better to judge a poet than Nigeria's best free styling poet and an emcee that runs his own weekly open mic shows in Lagos and Abuja?
Who better to judge a poet than a Poet who performed for Coca Cola at its 125th global anniversary and is currently the poetry facilitator for the Teenage Festival of Life (TFL)?
Who better to judge a poet than a master poet who runs a weekly open mic poetry show in Abuja and has won several Performance Poetry Competitions in Nigeria, including the prestigious Abuja Literary Society (ALS) Grand Slam ?
Freedom Studios: a kitchen where great alternative Music, Film and Poetry are produced.
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Bob Ekat is the author of "Tears from an Old Man's Eyes", and the winner of the Sentinel Centre Performance Poetry Prize. He is a co-initiator of the Pen Society, a literary organization which searches and refines new voices.
In 2012, Bob's book was one of the ten titles chosen by the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) for the Yusuf Alli Literary Campaign.
Bob has performed at notable poetry platforms, some of which are Word Slam, Word-up, Poetry Potter, Soul Storm, the US Consulate's Read out loud, and even the Black Heritage Festival. He was contracted to write and perform a poem for Coca Cola at its 125th global anniversary.
He is currently the poetry facilitator for the Teenage Festival of Life (TFL).
Bob is a poet who writes as the muse leads, exploring themes of love, adventure, revolution and even the metaphysical. He simply is a poet.
Dike-Ogu Chukwumerije is a writer, an author, a poet, and a performance poet. He has a Law degree from the University of Abuja and a masters degree from the University of London.
He is the author of several books – including the celebrated poetry collection, 'The Revolution Has No Tribe: A Collection of Poems on African History, Culture and Society'. An award winning Performance Poet, he has won several Performance Poetry Competitions in Nigeria, including the prestigious Abuja Literary Society (ALS) Grand Slam.
His novel, 'Urichindere' won the 2013 Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) Prize for Prose Fiction. He maintains two blogs, dikechukwumerije.blogspot.com and touchmeintheheart.blogspot.com. His works are available on Jumia, Amazon and Youtube.
"War Of Words 4 – THE FINAL SHOWDOWN ." (Nigeria's foremost Slam Poetry Competition).
The top 3 poets also get to perform at the next Word Up Volume 9 (#WordUpVol9) in February 2015.
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Venue is TerraKulture, Plot 1376 Tiamiyu Savage off Ahmadu Bello Way, Victoria Island, Lagos.
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9 TV Shows That Starred Mormons
byLDS Living Staff | Apr. 25, 2017
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When it comes to TV shows, everyone has their own opinions. While some people prefer reality TV and others prefer fictional dramas, TV shows are as various as viewers' opinions. Ranging from talk and variety shows to family dramas, here are 9 TV shows that featured members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as the main stars:
1. Donny & Marie
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(1976–1979 variety show, 1997–2000 talk show)
Before YouTube, there were variety shows exhibiting the best music and dancing acts around the country for families at home to enjoy. The Osmonds won the hearts of America as a family act, and Donny and Marie were the breakout stars, known for their family values and clean image.
When the brother-sister duo teamed up to co-host The Mike Douglas Show, they charmed the public, leading producers to give them their own variety show, Donny & Marie. First airing on January 23, 1976, Donny and Marie Osmond were the primetime TV duo that sang, danced, and entertained audiences with their friendly sibling banter and flashy costumes. Garnering a historical 14 million viewers every Friday night, they led the variety show to indisputable success.
While the Donny & Marie show included some of the hippest stars of music and comedy in the '70s, including Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Tina Turner, Chuck Berry, and Sonny and Cher, viewers didn't just tune in to see the music and comedy stars. Viewers loved watching Donny and Marie, no matter how corny the jokes or crazy the costumes.
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Planning a trip is definitely a lot of work. You should expect your planning process to shop for airfare, plan ground transportation from the airport to a resort, book a hotel or resort, plan some activities and find good dining options. The best alternative to this lengthy and sometimes stressful planning process is to book a vacation in an all-inclusive resort. There are many resorts in Puerto Rico and you will be amazed at the quality of the service offered. Planning an amazing vacation is really not as hard as you think.


BHERT Board Director and President / Vice-Chancellor of UNSW, Professor Ian Jacobs, has called for significant new investment in non-medical research in Australia to take innovations to the development stage.
Writing in the Australian Financial Review on March 18, 2018, Professor Jacobs noted that the medical research pipeline is funded through the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), now complemented by the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF), and the Biomedical Research Translation Fund.
In contrast, the Australian Research Council (ARC), which administers non-Medical grants, has funding equivalent to the NHMRC, but nothing like the MRFF for the translation-application part of the pipeline.
While each of these has benefits, they do not provide direct funding for post-R&D translation, particularly for sectors outside of the 6 priority areas. A single Research Translation Fund – a non-medical "Future Fund" – as proposed by Professor Jacobs would be simpler and more efficient mechanism, and would allow industry to capture and invest funds in the topics they seek to address. BHERT believes such a fund would be an important catalyst for accelerating non-medical innovations to market – and would benefit from the learnings of the MRFF and BRTF.
UNSW Sydney (The University of New South Wales) is one of Australia's leading research and teaching universities. UNSW has a strong regional and global engagement and a commitment toВ partnerships with industry.


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Keshi Optimistic Eagles Will Grab the Necessary Three Points in Nairobi.
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Cephas is a Content Strategist who loves to write about travels and sports. He's a proud supporter of local publishers and wants to see them get more creative with genuine content. He's keen on rekindling your passion for anything sports and travels.
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Ahead of tomorrow's crucial World Cup qualifier match at the Moi Kaserani stadium, Nairobi, Kenya, Super Eagles head coach Stephen Keshi has expressed satisfaction with the outcome of his sides May 31st friendly match with Mexico in the USA.
As Eagles fly out of Frankfurt en-route Nairobi, Keshi observed that the AFCON champions gave a good account of themselves against the CONCACAF champions, despite the absence of notable members of the squad in the 2-2 draw.
The Super Eagles handler, who is aware of the impending danger a loss in Nairobi poses to his side's chances of making the 2014 World Cup, promised Nigerians that his team will add more steam to their performance when they play the Harambee Stars of Kenya.
"We showed good stuff against Mexico despite missing a number of players and we will even be stronger in Nairobi. I am looking forward to three points on Wednesday," Observed Keshi.
The team left Frankfurt aboard Lufthansa airline to Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) on Sunday night, before connecting an Ethiopian airline flight to Nairobi, arriving in the Kenyan capital in the early hours of Tuesday.
The coach however expressed dissatisfaction with the travel arrangements, stating that his team would have spent much of their time in the air before touching down Nairobi jet lagged.
"We won't get a practice before Tuesday when we arrive Kenya. It's Frustrating because this is such an important match," Keshi added.
Brown Ideye, John Ogu and Ogenyi Onazi are among the players who picked up a knock in the Friendly match against Mexico. Meanwhile, the coach is optimistic the trio will feature in the May 5th world Cup qualifiers.
"I will find out from the team doctor but from what I saw with Brown, Onazi and Ogu, I don't think it's serious," Keshi said.
Chelsea FC midfielder Mikel Obi arrived Nairobi aboard British airways flight on Monday evening, and will be linking up with the rest of the squad on their arrival around 1:30am on Tuesday.
African champions top Group F on five points, the same points from three matches, same points as Malawi but leads on goal difference. Eagles will have to score and avoid defeat in tomorrow's clash against bottom-placed Kenya (2 points) if they are to keep Brazil 2014 hopes alive.
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Frank N. von Hippel is a co-founder of the Program on Science and Global Security at Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs, a founding co-chair of the International Panel on Fissile Materials, and a member of the Bulletin's Board of Sponsors. A former assistant director for national security in the White House Office of Science and Technology, von Hippel's areas of policy research include nuclear arms control and nonproliferation, energy, and checks and balances in policy making for technology.
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The Amityville Horror was a book from the late 1970s that sold at least ten million copies and led to a series of fictionalized films about an allegedly haunted house in Amityville, NY located at 112 Ocean Avenue.
It was thought that the house became haunted after Ronald DeFeo, Jr., murdered his six family members at 112 Ocean Avenue in Amityville in 1974. A year after the murders, another family moved in and then abruptly moved out, claiming the house was haunted.
Here are the facts about 112 Ocean Avenue, Amityville, NY.
The house was built in 1927. It is a 5-bedroom, three-bathroom building in the Dutch Colonial style at 112 Ocean Avenue in Amityville, NY.
The house contained a swimming pool and a boathouse and was situated along a canal.
On the night of November 13, 1974, using a 35 caliber Marlin 336C rifle, 24-year-old Ronald DeFeo Jr. shot the other six members of his family as they slept at 112 Ocean Avenue. Going from room to room he first shot his parents, then his two brothers, then his two sisters. The murders took 15 minutes from start to finish.
All six victims were found lying face-down in bed. Despite the fact that they'd all been killed in the middle of the night with gun blasts, neighbors only report hearing the dog bark.
DeFeo showered after the murders and then went to the local bar, acting hysterically and saying it looks like someone had killed his family.
His lawyers attempted to cop an insanity plea for DeFeo, claiming that he heard voices commanding him to kill. The defense failed.
DeFeo was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to six life sentences. All of his parole appeals have been denied.
For nearly 13 months after the murders, the house remained empty until it was bought by the Lutz family for $88,000.
When the Lutzes moved in, all of the furniture from the DeFeo family remained intact from the night of the murders. They had purchased the furniture for $400 as part of their mortgage agreement.
Patriarch George Lutz would wake up around 3:15AM every morning to visit the boathouse. This happened to be the exact time of the DeFeo family killings.
Even though it was December and quite cold in New York, the house was swarming with flies.
Kathy Lutz had repeated nightmares about the murders.
Kathy said she repeatedly felt herself "being embraced" by an unseen force.
George and Kathy claim they saw the image of a demon with half his head blown oute.
The Lutzes' daughter Missy befriended an entity she called "Jodie," a demonic, red-eyed pig.
George kept waking up to the sound of the front door slamming. But no one else heard it and the front door was always closed when he checked.
Kathy received red welts on her chest and levitated two feet in the air while in bed.
Giang cloven hoof prints appeared in the snow outside the house on New Year's Day.
Green slime oozed from walls in the hall .
A crucifix on the wall kept revolving until it was upside down.
George saw his wife transform into a 90-year-old woman.
The Lutzes hired a priest to bless the house. The priest claims that upon throwing his first splash of holy water inside the house, he heard a loud masculine voice demanding he "GET OUT." The priest subsequently developed a high fever and blisters on his palms similar to a stigmata, the mark of crucifixion.
The quiet village of Amityville, Long Island, has been made infamous by a hoax. It will possibly never be the same. It is Long Island's equivalent to Watergate. None of us would be here today if a responsible publisher and author had not given credibility to two liars, and allowed them the privilege of putting the word true on a book in which in all actuality is a novel. The credibility of the hoax stems from using a charlatan Catholic priest, who has been banned from performing his religious duties by the Diocese of Rockville Centre, the equivalent of disbarment of a lawyer. This charlatan priest has been involved with a complicity to a lie and, therefore, deserves no credibility, and should be dealt with accordingly.
The house was recently remodeled so that the creepy windows on the top floor that look like demonic eyes were removed. It sold for nearly $1 million and the new owners worked out a deal with the city where the address was changed to 108 Ocean Avenue.
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Gli Sten (talvolta anche Steno) furono una famiglia patrizia veneziana, annoverata fra le cosiddette Case Nuove. Nella prima metà del secolo XV diedero alla Repubblica un doge, Michele Sten.

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Poche sono le informazioni pervenuteci su questo nobile casato veneto: la tradizione lo vorrebbe originario di Altino, ma è ignota la data del trasferimento degli Sten in area lagunare.

La famiglia fu ufficialmente dichiarata parte del corpo patrizio cittadino alla serrata del Maggior Consiglio, nel 1297. Pare che gli Sten non abbiano mai raggiunto particolari vette di ricchezza e potenza; tuttavia, nel 1400, furono portati alla ribalta della scena politica veneziana a seguito dell'elezione di Michele Sten alla carica dogale.

Il casato si estinse proprio con la morte del doge Sten, che scomparve il 26 dicembre 1413.

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Michele Sten (1331 - 1413), doge veneziano.

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As we become more reliant on technology as a society, online learning is becoming more and more of an accepted norm. A decade ago, many people scoffed at the idea of getting an education online, but today some of the most prestigious schools in the world offer programs across the internet.
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The US Dollar slumped to its lowest close for almost three months Wednesday, leading an Asia-wide sell-off sparked by President Donald Trump's apocalyptic warning over North Korea's weapons programme.
Escalating tensions around Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions sent a shiver through markets worldwide and pushed the dollar to below 109.7 yen in afternoon forex trade to an eight-week low against the safe haven currency, piling more pressure on Japanese stocks.
Tensions spiked yet further when North Korean state media later said Pyongyang was considering strikes near US military installations in Guam.
Tokyo's blue-chip index tumbled 1.3 percent to its lowest close since late May after the Dow's winning streak of nine straight records ended following Trump's sharp rhetoric of "fire and fury", with the main European bourses also opening lower Wednesday.
Hong Kong and Shanghai followed Tokyo into the red, as China factory gate inflation came in slightly below forecast amid warnings from experts of a further slowdown in the world's second-largest economy.
Stocks ended more than one percent down in Seoul while the won slumped to a three-week low against the dollar as the US president and South Korea's volatile neighbour dramatically ramped up their war of words.
But analysts said equities had also fallen as investors took profits."North Korea is being used as a reason to sell Japanese stocks, just as it was used yesterday in the US," said Soichiro Monji from Daiwa SB Investments in Tokyo.
US equities had been on track for a 10th-straight record session Tuesday and the dollar was initially up after the JOLTS survey showed job openings hit a record in the US last month.
Greg McKenna, an analyst at AxiTrader, said the data could bolster the Federal Reserve's plan to start winding in its multi-trillion-dollar bond holdings balance sheet, expected to be announced next month.
The positive data also bolstered the greenback against the euro and the pound Wednesday.
Sydney was a rare bright spot in Asia-Pacific with stocks closing 0.4 percent up as Australia's biggest bank posted record annual profits.
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia's profits are closely watched and the results provide a guidance on the health of the country's economy as it transitions away from a dependence on mining.
In commodities trading, US crude oil was wallowing around $49 to the barrel amid speculation that a predicted gain in American output will offset OPEC-led efforts to trim a global glut.


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Rickmers Group files insolvency following bank move
HAMBURG: June 01, 2017. The Rickmers Group has declared insolvency following the rejection by HSH Nordbank of a proposed financial restructuring.
Last month the ship management company said it had reached an "understanding" with the Hamburg-based bank and others on a term sheet regarding the restructuring of its liabilities, and particularly a five-year bond maturing in 2018.
In a statement Rickmers Group said it had "accomplished all agreed and required steps to prepare the restructuring" that included a positive prognosis, reaching commercial agreement with all other financing banks, and obtaining positive binding tax rulings.
Rickmers said HSH Nordbank has now "highly surprisingly informed" the company it has rejected all credit applications, denied approval of the term sheet, and refused any further negotiations.
As a result the Rickmers supervisory and management boards have concluded the company is no longer "a going concern" and would file for bankruptcy "without undue delay" while continuing vessel operations in the hope of a successful restructuring.
In February this year multipurpose shipping line Zeaborn Group acquired the operating businesses of Rickmers-Linie and MCC Marine Consulting & Contracting from Rickmers Holding in a "single-digit million-euro range" deal.
The sale involved the business and shipping line operation of Rickmers-Linie and the bunker purchasing and chartering business of MCC Marine Consulting & Contracting.
Zeaborn also acquired the rights to use the 'Rickmers-Linie' and 'Rickmers-Line' brand names in relation to the combined breakbulk, heavy lift and project cargo business of both companies.
HSH Nordbank is the result of the merger in 2003 between Hamburgische Landesbank and Landesbank Schleswig-Holstein. Shareholders are the City of Hamburg, an institution representing German Federal states, the state of Schleswig-Holstein, and a Schleswig-Holstein savings bank.
As of March 2017, the bank reported assets of €84 billion, a 2016 pretax income of €121 million and a net profit of €69 million.
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package com.jme3.gde.behaviortrees;

import com.badlogic.gdx.ai.btree.BehaviorTree;
import com.badlogic.gdx.ai.btree.Task;
import com.badlogic.gdx.ai.btree.branch.DynamicGuardSelector;
import com.badlogic.gdx.ai.btree.branch.Parallel;
import com.badlogic.gdx.ai.btree.branch.RandomSelector;
import com.badlogic.gdx.ai.btree.branch.RandomSequence;
import com.badlogic.gdx.ai.btree.branch.Selector;
import com.badlogic.gdx.ai.btree.branch.Sequence;
import com.badlogic.gdx.ai.btree.decorator.AlwaysFail;
import com.badlogic.gdx.ai.btree.decorator.AlwaysSucceed;
import com.badlogic.gdx.ai.btree.decorator.Include;
import com.badlogic.gdx.ai.btree.decorator.Invert;
import com.badlogic.gdx.ai.btree.decorator.Random;
import com.badlogic.gdx.ai.btree.decorator.Repeat;
import com.badlogic.gdx.ai.btree.decorator.SemaphoreGuard;
import com.badlogic.gdx.ai.btree.decorator.UntilFail;
import com.badlogic.gdx.ai.btree.decorator.UntilSuccess;
import com.badlogic.gdx.ai.btree.leaf.Failure;
import com.badlogic.gdx.ai.btree.leaf.Success;
import com.badlogic.gdx.ai.btree.leaf.Wait;
import com.badlogic.gdx.ai.utils.random.Distribution;
import com.badlogic.gdx.utils.ObjectMap;
import com.badlogic.gdx.utils.reflect.Field;
import com.badlogic.gdx.utils.reflect.ReflectionException;
import com.jme3.gde.behaviortrees.BTreeExporterUtils.AttrInfo;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;
import java.util.stream.StreamSupport;

/**
 * Exports BehaviorTrees to .btree files.

 * It is specially geared towards DummyTasks as used in the SDK Editor.

 * It even supports using imports to decrease filesize and increase human readability
 * @TODO: /NOTE: Get rid of the usage of DummyTasks as we cannot guess the parameters upon import,
 * so we force the user to make the tasks known to the engine
 * @author MeFisto94
 */
public class BTreeExporter {

    protected HashMap<String, String> classNameToFQNMap;
    protected HashMap<String, String> fqnToImport;
    protected PrintWriter w;
    private final Class<?>[] builtinClasses = new Class<?>[] {
        AlwaysFail.class,
        AlwaysSucceed.class,
        DynamicGuardSelector.class,
        Failure.class,
        Include.class,
        Invert.class,
        Parallel.class,
        Random.class,
        RandomSelector.class,
        RandomSequence.class,
        Repeat.class,
        Selector.class,
        SemaphoreGuard.class,
        Sequence.class,
        Success.class,
        UntilFail.class,
        UntilSuccess.class,
        Wait.class
    };

    private BTreeExporter(OutputStream out) {
        classNameToFQNMap = new HashMap<>();
        fqnToImport = new HashMap<>();
        w = new PrintWriter(out, true);
    }

    public static void exportTree(OutputStream out, BehaviorTree tree) {
        if (tree == null) {
            return;
        }

        BTreeExporter bt = new BTreeExporter(out);

        /* First we fill the ClassName Map and if we see that a key already
         * exists, we add a number to it and strip the TASK suffix.
         * Also to not have thousands of reverse lookups we populate fqn with
         * the opposite.
        */
        bt.handleImports(tree);
        bt.writeImports();
        bt.w.println("root");
        for (int i = 0; i < tree.getChildCount(); i++) {
            bt.exportTask(tree.getChild(i), 1);
        }
    }

    protected void handleImports(Task task) {
        if (isCustomTask(task)) {
            String c = getCanonical(task);
            String s = getSimpleName(task);
            if (!fqnToImport.containsKey(c)) {
                if (!classNameToFQNMap.containsKey(s)) {
                    classNameToFQNMap.put(s, c);
                    fqnToImport.put(c, s);
                } else { // Fix Name Clash
                    boolean success = false;
                    for (int i = 0; i < Integer.MAX_VALUE; i++) {
                        if (!classNameToFQNMap.containsKey(s + i)) {
                            classNameToFQNMap.put(s + i, c);
                            fqnToImport.put(c, s);
                            success = true;
                            break;
                        }
                    }

                    if (!success) {
                        throw new IllegalStateException("Failed to solve the name clash at import handling");
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        for (int i = 0; i < task.getChildCount(); i++) {
            handleImports(task.getChild(i));
        }
    }

    protected void writeImports() {
        classNameToFQNMap.forEach((k, v) -> w.println("import " + k + ":\"" + v + "\""));
    }

    protected void exportTask(Task task, int ident) {
        String guard = "";

        if (task.getGuard() != null) {
            guard = "(" + extractTask(task.getGuard()) + ") ";
        }
        w.println(ident(ident) + guard + extractTask(task)); // No params so far

        for (int i = 0; i < task.getChildCount(); i++) {
            exportTask(task.getChild(i), ident + 1);
        }
    }

    protected String extractTask(Task task) {
        return extractTaskName(task) + extractAttributes(task);
    }

    protected String extractAttributes(Task task) {
        ObjectMap<String, AttrInfo> attrs = BTreeExporterUtils.findMetadata(task.getClass());

        if (attrs.size == 0) {
            return "";
        }

        return " " + StreamSupport.stream(attrs.spliterator(), false)
            .map(entry -> {
                try {
                    return entry.key + ":" + attrVal(task, entry.value);
                } catch (ReflectionException refl) {
                    return "";
                }
            }).collect(Collectors.joining(" "));
    }

    private String attrVal(Task t, AttrInfo ai) throws ReflectionException {
        Field f = ai.f;
        Class type = ai.f.getType();
        if (String.class.isAssignableFrom(type)) {
            return "\"" + (String)f.get(t) + "\"";
        } else if (Enum.class.isAssignableFrom(type)) {
            return "\"" + f.get(t).toString().toLowerCase() + "\"";
        } else if (Distribution.class.isAssignableFrom(type)) {
            return "\"" + DistributionStringConverter.fromDistribution((Distribution)f.get(t)) + "\"";
        }

        return String.valueOf(f.get(t));
    }

    protected String extractTaskName(Task task) throws IllegalStateException {
        if (isCustomTask(task)) {
            String c = getCanonical(task);
            if (fqnToImport.containsKey(c)) {
                return fqnToImport.get(c);
            } else {
                throw new IllegalStateException("Could not find import for class " + c);
            }
        } else if (isBuiltin(task.getClass())) {
            return builtinTask(task);
        } else {
            throw new IllegalStateException("Unknown Task");
        }
    }

    protected boolean isBuiltin(Class c) {
        // We could also use assignableFrom, but it works without.
        return c.equals(BehaviorTree.class) || Arrays.stream(builtinClasses).anyMatch(b -> b.equals(c));
    }

    protected boolean isCustomTask(Task t) {
        if (t.getClass().getCanonicalName().startsWith("com.badlogic.gdx.ai.btree")) {
            return false;
        } else if (isBuiltin(t.getClass())) {
            return false;
        } else {
            return true;
        }
    }

    protected String builtinTask(Task t) {
        if (t instanceof BehaviorTree) {
            BehaviorTree bt = (BehaviorTree)t; // @TODO: BTree References
            return "root";
        }

        // Code also taken from BehaviorTaskParser
        String cn = t.getClass().getSimpleName();
        return Character.toLowerCase(cn.charAt(0)) + (cn.length() > 1 ? cn.substring(1) : "");
    }

    /* Because our editor deals with DummyTask wrapping classes for unknown tasks
     * unwrap them here to export them properly again
     */
    protected String getCanonical(Task t) {
        return t.getClass().getCanonicalName();
    }

    protected String getSimpleName(Task t) {
        return t.getClass().getSimpleName();
    }

    protected String ident(int ident) {
        StringBuilder sB = new StringBuilder();
        for (int i = 0; i < ident; i++) {
            sB.append("  "); // 2 spaces used in example files
        }
        return sB.toString();
    }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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LUCY had just turned eight when her mother, in the spring of 1915, had entrusted her with taking care of the family flock. We are going back in time a little bit, to the period when Jacinta and Francisco, to their great sorrow, had still not obtained from their parents the favour of going together with their cousin.
It was in the company of these three friends, doubtless chosen for their great seriousness and their piety, that Lucy would be favoured three times, in a mysterious way, with the apparition of the angel.
" I saw, poised in the air above the trees that stretched down to the valley which lay at our feet, what appeared to be a cloud in human form, and almost transparent.
A MYSTERIOUS, BUT AUTHENTIC APPARITION.
Already in 1917 Canon Formigao had taken down the testimony of Maria Rosa, who remembered the affair.2 In the 1960's, the three companions of Sister Lucy were interrogated by Father Kondor, and later on by Father Alonso. Each time, they confirmed the account of the Memoirs of Lucy in all its details.
Mysterious and puzzling as they are, these three apparitions are not therefore any less certainly authentic. What then can their significance be, since the Angel did not transmit any message that year  ?
A SECOND ' DIVINE TOUCH '.
The events which followed allow us to understand. God had chosen His messenger, and began to prepare her for her future mission by her first mystical graces, and by the veiled announcement of great sufferings.
After the smile of Our Lady, this new ' divine touch ', this silent ' contact ' with the supernatural world had to contribute to sanctifying her soul. " This apparition ", Lucy writes, " left an impression on my mind that I cannot explain. " It had lasted as long as the recitation of the Rosary. Nevertheless, " little by little ", Lucy continues, " this impression disappeared and I believe that with time I would have completely forgotten it, had it not been for the events which followed. " In the divine plan, however, it was only a simple prelude.
For the future seer, it was also a first and sorrowful trial. Already she was learning what it costs ' to have visions ' and to be the confidante of Heaven. Far from profiting from it, from finding herself exalted and adulated, she lost everything that made up her childhood happiness. She had been loved and cherished by all her family  ; now she lost their confidence and affection. Speaking of the derision of her mother and her sisters, Lucy insists  : " I felt these contemptuous words and gestures very keenly, as up to now I had been used to nothing but caresses. But this was nothing, really. You see, I did not know what the good Lord had in store for me in the future. " The poignant drama that the second Memoir relates for us had just begun  : crosses and family trials and loneliness went together with the increasing favours of Heaven.
Yet from this announcement, imperceptible and veiled as it was, the intelligent and prudent Lucy was to draw a very practical lesson  : during the apparitions of 1916 and 1917, she would always seek to be quiet whenever possible, only revealing to others the bare minimum.
A year later, the angel would manifest himself again three more times, but now it would be to the three privileged ones of Our Lady, and in all clarity. He came as Precursor to instruct and prepare them to receive and understand the great message of the Queen of Angels, which they were soon to live and transmit.
It was when the trio had been reunited that the three great angelic manifestations took place, in the spring, summer and fall of 1916. " The dates I cannot set down with certainty ", Lucy writes, " because at that time I did not know how to reckon the years, the months, or even the days of the week. " However, by remembering the weather outside, she was able to indicate the season when each of the three apparitions took place. Lucy had just turned nine, Francisco was barely eight, and Jacinta was only six years old.
" We had enjoyed the game for a few moments only, when a strong wind began to shake the trees. We looked up, startled, to see what was happening, for the day was unusually calm.
FROM SIMPLE FAITH TO THE GRANDIOSE VISION.
" Holy Angels, sing with me  !
Holy Angels, sing with me  !
Is it not touching to see the Angel making the same request of them in turn  : ' Pray with me '  ? What a marvellous response.
Again, what could be more in harmony with the great tradition of the apparitions of Angels than the first words of the Angel of Fatima  : " Fear not  ! I am the angel of peace "  ? They sound just like the words of the Gospel. In the temple of Jerusalem, in the house of Nazareth, or in the fields of Bethlehem, as at the entrance to the tomb of Jesus, the presence of the Angel always fills the witnesses with astonishment, and he must first reassure them. " Fear not  ! " he says to Zachary and the Blessed Virgin, to the shepherds on the night of the Nativity, and to the holy women on the morning of the Resurrection.
" God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all " (1 Jn. 1  :5), and whenever He deigns to manifest Himself to men, by the ministry of Angels or the mediation of His Holy Mother, He appears to us clothed in splendour, according to the beautiful verses of the Psalm  : " O Lord, my God, Thou art very great  ! Clothed with honour and majesty, arrayed with light as with a cloak. " (Ps. 104  :1-2) At Fatima, after each of the apparitions (which moreover always took place at noon, as is also remarkable), this word ' Light ' always comes back to the lips of the seers.
To this sparkling light which sometimes became dazzling, corresponds the intensity of the supernatural atmosphere, the overwhelming weight of the divine Presence which leaves the natural faculties inhibited, almost paralyzed.
" The supernatural atmosphere which enveloped us, Sister Lucy writes, was so intense that for a long time we were scarcely aware of our own existence, remaining in the same posture in which he had left us, and continually repeating the same prayer. The presence of God made itself felt so intimately and so intensely that we did not even venture to speak to one another. Next day, we were still immersed in this spiritual atmosphere, which only gradually began to disappear.
The Presence of God is something stupendous, even crushing, for our feeble human faculties. But this " annihilation before the Divine Presence ", to use the expression of Sister Lucy, was for the three future messengers of Our Lady the surest school of true and profound humility, which is first of all the intimate knowledge of the infinite sanctity of God and the nothingness of the creature.
Make no mistake, however  ; after a few days our little shepherds recovered along with their normal state, their customary gaiety as well as their games and chants. The extraordinary mystical graces they had just received did not metamorphosize them into adults overnight. No, they remained true children, and at that age (nine, eight and six  !) one passes with disconcerting rapidity from one pastime to another  ! And so they quickly resumed their lives as young shepherds, doubtless with more piety, but without anything apparently to distinguish them from the other children of Aljustrel.
" The Well " situated on the property of Lucy's parents. It was here that ' the Angel of Portugal ' appeared to the seers for the second time, in the summer of 1916.
" Make of everything you can a sacrifice, and offer it to God as an act of reparation for the sins by which He is offended, and in supplication for the conversion of sinners.
" You will thus draw down peace upon your country. I am its Angel Guardian, the Angel of Portugal.
FROM HOREB TO THE CABEÇO.
One must read and reread these accounts of the apparitions of the Angel, to appreciate their conciseness and limpidity, as well as the nobility in all the requests and attitudes. We do not find in them an ounce of vulgarity, nothing incongruous, childish or banal. Nor is there anything emphatic or artificial, which would betray the voice of a theologian. No, there are nothing but profound truths, expressed simply, with vigour.
Since the words of the Angel, pronounced during each of his three apparitions, form a whole, perfectly coherent, later on we will look more closely at the most important parts of this angelic catechesis.
The lesson was not in vain. In the autumn, when he came for the last time, to distribute to them the Bread of Angels, the children were no longer playing, but prostrate on the ground, repeating the prayer which the Angel had taught them.
" The third apparition must have taken place in October, or towards the end of September, as we were no longer returning for siesta. " On this day the three shepherds had pastured their flocks at the Pregueira, a small olive grove which belonged to the dos Santos, on the south side of the Cabeço.
" After our lunch, we decided to go and pray in the hollow among the rocks on the opposite side of the hill.11 To get there, we went around the slope, and had to climb over some rocks above the Pregueira. The sheep could only scramble over these rocks with great difficulty.
" I don't know how many times we repeated this prayer, when an extraordinary light shone upon us. We sprang up to see what was happening, and beheld the Angel. He was holding a chalice in his left hand, with the Host suspended above it, from which some drops of Blood fell into the chalice.
" Once again, he prostrated on the ground and repeated with us, three times more, the same prayer, ' Most Holy Trinity… ', and then disappeared.
" We remained a long time in this position, repeating the same words over and over again.
There is a very clear gradation in the apparitions of the Angel, and the third, which was spent entirely in the miraculous Communion given to the seers, truly marks the high point. On that day they had a sort of ' Eucharistic theophany ', during which it was given to them to contemplate the drops of Precious Blood falling from the Sacred Host into the chalice.
When after some time the supernatural atmosphere in which the visits of the Angel had plunged them disappeared, there remained for the three seers, along with the durable fruits of such sublime mystical graces, a clear message, fully adapted to their understanding, summed up in the pressing recommendation of the Angel of Arneiro [this refers to the name of the property where the family well was located]  : ' Offer without ceasing prayers and sacrifices to the Most High  ! ' Without delaying, they would soon put it into practice with a marvellous generosity, thus preparing their hearts without knowing it for the still greater graces which Our Lady was reserving for them.
" During this period, my two eldest sisters left home, after receiving the sacrament of matrimony. My father had fallen into bad company, and let his weakness get the better of him  ; this meant the loss of some of our property. When my mother realized that our means of livelihood were diminishing, she resolved to send my two sisters, Gloria and Caroline, to work as servants. At home, there remained only my brother, to look after our few remaining fields  ; my mother to take care of the house  ; and myself, to take our sheep out to pasture.
It was a new source of distress for poor Maria Rosa.
Thanks to the ministry of the Angel, who had become their teacher and catechist, the shepherds learned to pray and offer their sacrifices. Sanctified by the Bread of Angels, they were ready from then on to welcome the Queen of Heaven, and bear witness to Her apparitions and message even to the point of heroism.
As for the apparitions of the Angel, because they were above all destined for the sanctification of their souls, moved by grace they kept them rigorously secret.
At Fatima, the words of the Angel, brief as they are, already present themselves as a first formulation, a first synthesis of the unique message, which constitutes for our century a condensation of the Gospel, or better still, by its precise and dogmatic character, a catechism, perfectly adapted to our times of apostasy. So true is this that it sometimes appears, as we will see, quasi prophetic.
With our three shepherds, " let us become little children again ", according to the Gospel, and let us be taught by the Messenger of Heaven.
The Angel reminds us first of all of the greatness, the adorable sanctity of our God. From the Angel's very first visit, right after he reassured the children, who were seized with fear and astonishment by the sight of his glittering light, the Angel " knelt on the earth and bowed his forehead to the ground ", to pray to God. Preaching by his example, having prostrated himself in this way he pronounced three times the beautiful ' theological prayer ', composed of acts of faith, hope and charity, to which is added an act of adoration.
" Our Father… hallowed be Thy name… on earth as it is in Heaven  ! " In Heaven, such as it was granted to St. John to contemplate  : " all the angels stood round the throne… they fell on their faces before the throne and worshipped God… " (Apoc. 7  :11) In the hour of His agony, Jesus Himself " fell down on the ground and prayed ". (Mk. 14  :35) " He knelt down and prayed ", St. Luke tells us (Lk. 22  :41). Fatima recalls the Gospel to us  : God is Holy, He wishes to be adored.14 What a lesson for modern man who, in his foolish pride and self-worship, refuses to bend the knee before his God  !
This God that the Angel adores is the only true God, revealed by Jesus Christ and taught by the Holy Catholic Church, the One and Triune God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. If one of the two prayers taught by the Angel is explicitly addressed to the Holy Trinity, the Angel venerates the Trinity in another way also, discreetly, but in conformity with the liturgical tradition of the Church, by his triple Kyrie, his triple Sanctus. In the spring, he repeats three times the prayer, " My God, I believe… " In the autumn, he repeats the Trinitarian prayer of Eucharistic offering three times before distributing Communion to the children and three times afterwards. Certainly it is not by chance either that the Angel appeared three times in 1915 and three times in 1916.
The shepherds well remembered this angelic lesson when, on May 13, 1917, in their mystical joy at seeing themselves transformed in God, they exclaimed spontaneously  : " O Most Holy Trinity, I adore Thee  ! My God, my God, I love Thee in the Most Blessed Sacrament  ! " This presence of the mystery of the Holy Trinity would culminate at Tuy, on June 13, 1929, in the stupendous Trinitarian vision which completed and crowned the cycle of the apparitions of Fatima.
This insistence is more urgent than ever now, when an extravagant ecumenism pretends to reduce our faith in God to the cold, anti-Christ and anti-Trinitarian monotheism of Judaism and Islam.
Another remarkable fact is that in each of the three apparitions, the Angel already mentions the Holy Hearts of Jesus and Mary, as though linked to one another by an indissoluble union. The account of the first apparition even presents a striking phrase which seems to have been hardly noticed. After having taught this completely God-centred prayer, " My God, I believe, I adore, I hope and I love You ", the Angel added  : " Pray thus. The Hearts of Jesus and Mary are attentive to the voice of your supplications. " We pray to God, and it is the Holy Hearts of Jesus and Mary that hear and answer our prayers  ! How could it better express the truth that we can only go to God and please Him by this unique and universal mediation  ?
Finally the third time, in the prayer of Eucharistic offering, it is by " the infinite merits of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary " that the Angel begs " the conversion of poor sinners " of the Holy Trinity.
With this constant thought of the mediation of the Holy Hearts of Jesus and Mary, we are already at the very centre of the Message of Fatima.
Another truth of faith, less and less well known, which the Angel of Fatima recalls with insistence, is the extreme gravity of sin and the necessity to make reparation through love. It is remarkable that in each of the three apparitions he recommends a reparatory practice  : first prayer, then sacrifice, and finally the Eucharistic offering and the Communion of reparation.
" Offer unceasingly prayers and sacrifices to the Most High… Make of everything you can a sacrifice, and offer it to God as an act of reparation for the sins by which He is offended, and in supplication for the conversion of sinners… Above all, accept and bear with submission the suffering which the Lord will send you.
THE PERFECT ACT OF REPARATION  : THE EUCHARISTIC OFFERING.
With the prayer of offering which he taught the children and the Holy Communion he distributed to them, the mystery of the Holy Eucharist is the principal revelation of the last apparition of the Angel.
The sins for which he invites us to make reparation are " the outrages, sacrileges and indifference " with regard to Jesus, " present in all the tabernacles of the earth ". How can we not be struck by the strong tenor of the words he pronounces while distributing Holy Communion to the children  : " Take and drink the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, horribly outraged by ungrateful men. Repair their crimes and console your God. " Indeed, what gravity there is in these offences against Jesus in the sacrament of His Love  !
Two years after the death of St. Pius X, who had worked so hard for the development of the cult of the Eucharist in the Church, one might have thought them excessive. But in the last twenty years, however, the truth of these words has been striking  !
To sum up, to the infinite merits of the Sacred Heart of Jesus we join those of the Immaculate Heart of Mary His Mother, our Mediatrix and Co-Redemptrix, to offer them together to the Heavenly Father and obtain from Him the conversion of sinners. What theological riches there are in this brief formula of prayer  !
This formula, first of all, has a remarkable theological precision  : Lucy shall receive the Host, and Jacinta and Francisco the Blood of the Chalice, but to all three the Angel says  : " Take and drink the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ ", to show that whoever communicates under either species, receives Jesus Christ whole and entire, His Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity.
It also brings to mind, in striking fashion, how Jesus is outraged in the sacrament of His Love. And along the lines of the message of Paray-le-Monial, it shows us that the most excellent, the most perfect expiation we can make for these ' indifferences ' and ' crimes ', is to go to Communion in the spirit of reparation, to ' console our God '. This practice is so important that Our Lady will ask for it again with more precise details at Pontevedra, December 10, 1925.
Here is still another important aspect of the message of Fatima  : the prayers, penances, and above all Communions of little children are very precious in the eyes of God. They have a great value for Him to console His outraged Heart, to repair the crimes and ingratitude of sinners, and finally to obtain from His Mercy the grace of their conversion.
SAINT PIUS X AND FATIMA.
And in the first place, had not the Angel come to bring a heavenly confirmation to the recent decision of St. Pius X on the subject of early Communion for children  ?17 The liberating decree Quam singulari Christus had been published on August 8, 1910, but it met with an obstinate resistance in a certain part of the clergy. The good Father Cruz and Father Pena, by granting Lucy in 1913 permission to make her First Communion at the age of six, were only docilely applying the directives of St. Pius X.
However, the new parish priest at Fatima, Father Manuel Marques Ferreira, like many priests at the time, was still tinged with the remains of Jansenism. He did not want to hear of First Communion before the age of ten. In the autumn of 1916, Jacinta had just turned six and a half and her brother Francisco eight, and Father Ferreira still did not want to admit either one to the Holy Table. In the spring of 1918, he would refuse to admit Francisco, on the pretext that he did not know the answer to a catechism question. But Heaven had already judged otherwise  ; Jacinta and Francisco, without the knowledge of their parish priest, had already made their First Communion  !
As for where this Host and consecrated Chalice came from, it would undoubtedly be useless and presumptuous to hypothesize, since nothing in the words of the Angel sheds any light on this mystery. Let us only note, with Canon Barthas, that one could ask the same question for all the saints who received Communion from the hands of an Angel, such as St. Stanislaus Kostka, St. Raymond Nonnatus, and St. Gerard Majella, among many others.
This word is exact, because the Angel precursor, one year before the great prophetic secret of Our Lady, already speaks to our three shepherds… of politics  ! Yes, of politics, because not only does he allude to the war then ravaging Europe, but he also indicates its causes and the sure remedies for obtaining peace.
At the moment when the Angel spoke to them for the first time, in the spring of 1916, Portugal had just entered the war. In February, Parliament decided to honour the English request to seize German ships. War thus became inevitable. Germany declared war on Portugal on March 9, and Austria-Hungary did so a few days later. The government of Lisbon decided to prepare to send an army to the French front.
The first words of the Angel, in this context of war, are already a message of hope  : " Do not fear ", he tells them, " I am the Angel of Peace. " Does he not announce, at this moment, that the Divine intervention will soon put an end to the horrible war  ?
Let us note well that the Messenger of Heaven did not ask for prayers for peace. No, he asked the three shepherds to pray and sacrifice " in reparation for the sins by which God is offended, and in supplication for the conversion of sinners ". What a profound theology  ! The number one enemy, the only real cause of war, is always… sin. War is simply the divine chastisement for it. Such is the first ' political ' teaching of the message of Fatima, a message characterized by a precise theology and profound realism. Is not war always the natural and inescapable fruit of the sins of men  ? Of the pride, ambition, and rapacity of the one side  ? Of the sensuality, insouciance, treason and blindness of the others  ?
This is why the " Angel of Peace " teaches that the remedy is first of all supernatural. When the crimes of men have been repaired for and the Justice of God appeased, when the chastisement shall have led sinners to conversion, then and then alone shall peace follow. It is a hard and little known truth, but it is the enduring lesson of Sacred History.
Fortunately, we are not alone in loving and defending our dear countries, when they are threatened or put to the sword. God Himself from the heights of Heaven watches over them with love and confides their salvation to His Angels. Offer to God prayers and sacrifices of reparation, teaches the Angel at the Cabeço, " in this way you will obtain peace for your country. I am its Guardian Angel, the Angel of Portugal. " What a consoling revelation. Our nations, or at least the ancient Christian countries, are not profane societies, abandoned by God to chance and the accidents of history. Baptized and formed little by little over the centuries by His benevolent Providence, they are willed by God and assured, in spite of their falls and their impieties (which are chastised with justice and through mercy), of His unfailing protection, through the ministry of His Angels.
Who is this " Angel of Peace " that came to Fatima as a precursor of Our Lady  ? We cannot say with certitude, since he chose not to reveal his name explicitly.
We might point out however that good Portuguese historians are inclined to recognize in him St. Michael the Archangel, their patron and protector, who had always been venerated as the Guardian Angel of their country. In fact, King Alfonso Henriques, founder of the nation and of the dynasty, having been baptized in a chapel dedicated to St. Michael, chose the Archangel as the special protector of his armies and his kingdom. Since that time, the chapel of the royal palace was always dedicated to him.
During the liturgical reform of Pope St. Pius X (1903-1914), the feast in honour of Portugal's Guardian Angel, which had fallen into disuse, was finally suppressed. The Portuguese bishops understood the significance of this point, and obtained the re-establishment of this feast from Pope Pius XII. Since that time the feast has been solemnly celebrated on June 10, the national holiday commemorating the death of Camoens, the poet who extolled the golden age of Catholic Portugal – when under the monarchy it was also a colonial and missionary power.
This same day was also chosen, quite appropriately, for the great youth pilgrimage, which for several years has brought together thousands of children at Fatima.
Why then, one might ask, did not the Archangel wish to identify himself clearly, as he had done to Joan of Arc, saying to her  : " I am Michael, protector of France "  ? Perhaps quite simply to better call to mind this traditional truth, that all the Christian nations, along with their proper vocation, also have their Angel guardian, charged with watching over their temporal and supernatural prosperity. The explicit revelation of his name might have given the impression that Portugal enjoyed an exceptional privilege in this regard, while the simple mention of his function as ' Guardian Angel of Portugal ', retains the universal character of this protection for Christian nations.
Usually, when they intervene in the New Testament or in the lives of the Saints, the Angels are nothing more than the messengers of God, charged by Him with transmitting a message to men. And that is all.
The three angelic apparitions of 1916 are much more than that. At the Cabeço, it is truly Heaven that opens up, to plunge the three little seers in ecstasy into its great supernatural light. But it is also the Church triumphant which, in the person of the Angel, unites itself to the Church praying here below. " Pray with me ", says the Angel to the children, but he embraces all our intentions and our humble manner of acting. " He prostrates himself near us ", notes Lucy. What a marvellous and moving proximity  !
The three apparitions of 1916 are also eloquent testimony of the perfect unity of the Mystical Body of Christ, which is the Church. Far from seeming absorbed in an ethereal contemplation, the Angel on the contrary shows himself preoccupied with our human affairs, with the salvation of sinners, with the war ravaging Europe, and with the peace of the tiny nation of which he is the guardian, full of love.
There is nothing more alien to the Message of Fatima than a merely individualistic piety. The three little shepherds of the obscure hamlet of Aljustrel were still only nine, eight and six years old, they knew neither how to read nor write, they were ignorant of practically everything having to do with the world and the great political events of that time, and yet the Angel of Portugal, just as Saint Michael once spoke to St. Joan " of the great misfortune which was befalling the kingdom of France ", opens their pure souls to the thought of the war which was ravaging their country  ; already he wants to make them solicitous for the salvation of sinners and he invites them to make reparation for them.
Thus at Fatima, from the beginning of the heavenly apparitions, we enter into the mystery of the communion of saints, which extends quite far, even to the poorest of sinners. We must all go to Heaven together, under the benevolent protection of the Angels, and by the unique mediation of the Holy Hearts of Jesus and Mary. Here are the essential truths, already revealed by the Angel in 1916, and which Our Lady would come to affirm again, developing these truths with more precision while She unveiled, on July 13, 1917, the great design of Divine Mercy for our times.
(1) De Marchi, (Orig.), p. 70.
(7) To understand how inadequate this ambiguous notion is for giving a natural explanation of the apparitions of the Angel or Our Lady, or the dance of the sun, see the study of H. F. Ellenberger, Psychoses Collectives, which is an authoritative source on this matter. (Encyclopédie medico-chirurgicale, 1967).
(9) When Lucy was interrogated on October 19, 1917, she was exhausted by the uninterrupted series of interrogations, and tried to elude the question. Then, embarrassed, she answered inexactly.
(14) She has given us two accounts of the apparitions of the Angel, one in the second Memoir, p. 60-65, and the other in the fourth, p. 154-158.
(15) This blessed hollow, or Loca de Cabeço, which Lucy sometimes calls the Lapa, is not a grotto. It is simply a tiny hollow surrounded by rocks and trees. " This hiding place is so well formed that it afforded an ideal protection from both the rain and the burning sun. " (I, p. 37.) A beautiful set of sculptures was made there in memory of the last apparition of the Angel.
(16) II, p. 60-62; IV, p. 154-156.
(17) De Marchi, (Orig. Ed.) p. 66.
(18) According to Maria dos Anjos. (De Marchi, Fr. Ed.) p. 54.
(19) 1 Kg. 19  :12.
(20) " Then I went back towards the grotto and began taking off my shoes ", writes Bernadette. " Scarcely had I begun doing so when I heard a noise which sounded like a gust of wind. Then I turned my head to the side of the level ground (the side opposite the grotto). I saw that the trees did not move. Then, I continued taking off my shoes. I heard the same noise again… and as I looked towards the grotto, I saw a Lady in white. " (Apparition of February 11, 1858).
(21) Lk. 1  :12 & 30; Mt. 28  :5.
(22) Fatima 1917-1968, p. 51.
(24) Sister Lucy to William Thomas Walsh, Our Lady of Fatima, p. 218.
(25) Recall the doctrine of St. Augustine on the mediation of the Angels in the theophanies of the Old Testament (De Trinitate, III, 11; cf. Acts 7  :35, 38 & 53), or the impression of the holy stigmata impressed on St. Francis of Assisi by a Seraph.
(26) IV, p. 128, 158.
(29) This is a cistern located at the bottom of the dos Santos garden called the Arneiro. Along with the hollow of Cabeço, " the well " was to become the favourite spot of the children, where they loved to gather to pray.
(30) IV, p. 156, and II, p. 62, 64.
(32) Once again it is at the " blessed hollow " of the Cabeço, where the Angel had appeared to them in the spring.
(33) II, p. 64-65, and IV, p. 156-157.
(42) In May 1936, she had already written a first account, almost identical to the one found in the Memoirs, written for Father Gonçalves, her confessor (Memorias e Cartas, p. 457-461).
(43) Régine Pernoud, Jeanne d'Arc par elle-même et par ses témoins, p. 31.
(46) In a beautiful prayer of St. Gertrude, we find the same offering of the Body, Soul, and Divinity of Jesus Christ to the adorable Trinity, in reparation for all the sins of the world  : " On the solemn feast of the Epiphany, following the example of the three Kings, this holy soul offered to God, in the form of myrrh, the Body of Christ with all His sufferings and all His passion. Through the merits of the Passion, for the glory of God she wished to wipe out the sins of all men, from the time of Adam until the last man. Likewise, instead of incense, she offered the Soul of Christ, full of devotion with all the acts of His spiritual life, to make up for the negligences of the whole universe. In the same way, again, in place of gold, she offered the most perfect Divinity of Christ, with all the delights It enjoys, to make up for the negligences of all creatures. The Lord appeared to her once more presenting this offering, as choice gifts, to the ever adorable Trinity. (Le Héraut de l'Amour Divin, book IV, chap. VI, p. 16).
Father Dhanis stressed that the Fatima prayer was inexact, and innovated dangerously by offering in reparation, not only the humanity of Christ, but also His Divinity. The great mystic of Helfta (in the thirteenth century  !) was not of the same opinion. Nor was St. John Eudes, in whose writings we find many analogous formulas. And they at least had experienced what they were talking about  ! As for the cold Christology of Father Dhanis, which obscures the essential point of the mystery, that is, the personal and divine-human unity of the Incarnate Word, making the distinction between the two natures into a dichotomy, and virtually turning His humanity into a separate person – it is Nestorian in tendency and merits a good many reservations.
Let us quote only these few surprising lines  : " The series of realities present under the holy species (the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus), do not correspond to what we can offer in the Eucharist… " According to Father Dhanis, it is only the humanity of Christ that we can offer to God. (cf. Streven, p. 145).
But in the Mass, is it not Jesus Himself who offers Himself to His Father, His minister only acting in His name, in persona Christi  ? And what He offers is not His abstracted human nature, but His Sacrifice, which is the supreme Act of His person as Incarnate Son of God and Redeemer.
(49) Fatima 1917-1968, p. 51-52; Sister Lucy made a similar reply to William Thomas Walsh in Our Lady of Fatima, p. 218.
(50) Cf. Cerbelaud Salagnac, Fatima et notre temps, p. 49.
(51) We borrow these few historical facts from Canon Barthas, Fatima 1917-1968, who sums up the long demonstration of Father Martins dos Reis, Na Orbita, p. 131-140.
1.0.2 A MYSTERIOUS, BUT AUTHENTIC APPARITION.
1.0.3 A SECOND ' DIVINE TOUCH '.
1.0.4 THE TRIAL OF SUFFERING.
2.1.3 FROM SIMPLE FAITH TO THE GRANDIOSE VISION.
2.1.4 THE OVERWHELMING DIVINE PRESENCE.
2.2.3 FROM HOREB TO THE CABEÇO.
3.0.2 THE NOVITIATE OF SUFFERING.
4.3.2 THE SACRIFICE OF REPARATION.
4.3.3 THE PERFECT ACT OF REPARATION: THE EUCHARISTIC OFFERING.
4.3.4 THE COMMUNION OF REPARATION.
4.4.1 SAINT PIUS X AND FATIMA.
4.5.1 SIN, WAR AND PEACE.
This long silence of the three seers was, as we have said, the only serious objection, an objection constantly repeated against the authenticity of the apparitions of the Angel in 1916. So, why did Sister Lucy wait until 1937 to write the detailed accounts of them that we, have cited?


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Choosing plugins is just like adding another piece to the jigsaw – you must ensure a good fit and that it is the right part.
one – don't go mad, just add enough plugins to have the functionality you need, as every plugin may lead to added code. This will lead to extra time for load speed and your visitor will have to wait a little longer to see your article. Make them wait too long and you may never see them – so just don't be a child in a candy store and add every one that takes your fancy.
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Place your mouse over the plugin menu and then over the add new and click – it doesn't matter if you click the plugin menu – you will get the add new menu just under it – I do it all the time.
Once the plugin selector page has come up you can browse all of the plugins – all 54,500 of them or just search for what you want.
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Once activated you will find a menu down the left hand side in your dash board. You may need to hunt for it, sometimes it is under the tools or settings menu items.
You have been browsing the internet and come across this fantastic post about plugins.
You decide – yep I want that one on my site it will be brilliant.
There is a button to go somewhere to find out more information, so you click on it.
You are taken to the wordpress repository and check it out as what you need.
You click on the download button.
Now how do you get that plugin onto your site?
This is where the upload button comes into play.
So you go to your wordpress site dashboard.
You hover over the pluginI menu and then click on the add new menu – or you click on the plugin menu and then click on the add new menu below it.
click on the browse button and navigate to where you saved the zip file.
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It is the same as moving a file on your computer – when you open file explorer and move a file from one directory to another.
It is not complicated, you use a program like filezilla and connect to your website.
Upload the files and that's it.
Shall we go through a step by step.
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click on the download filezilla client standard – unless you want to buy it – and download the right one for your machine.
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